Machine for covering boxes.



No. 687,388. 8 atented Nov. 28, |9o| B. w. WHITE. 4

MACHINE FOR COVERING BOXES.

, [Applicgtion filed Apr. 8,18 1. (No' Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BYRON \(V. \VHITE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MACHINE FOR COVERING BOXES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 687,388, dated November26, 1901. Application filed April 8, 1901. Serial No. 54,803. (Nomodel.)

To all whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BYRON \V. WHITE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia,State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Machines for Covering Boxes, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a machine for covering boxes; and it consists ofa mandrel hav-I the form upon which the box-blank is placed.

Fig. 4 illustrates a detached view of the shaft for holding thebox-blank in position against the form. Fig. 5 represents a perspectiveView of the form or die for supporting the box-blank and a form or diefor pressing in the covering over the top of the box-blank. Fig. 6 showsa perspective view of the blank from which the box is formed. Fig. 7shows the same pressed together and ready to receive the covering. Fig.8 shows the coverin g applied and turned down over the bottom of thebox, and Fig. 9 represents a view of the box in a finished condition.

Referring to the reference-letters of the drawings, A represents a tableupon which are mounted standards or supports B, B, and B The standards Band B have formed upon their respective upper ends bearings 17 and b,one of which supports a sleeve 0, provided at one end with a rectangularform or die 0 and at the other with a grooved collar 0 Between thegrooved collar 0 and the upper end of the standard B and surrounding thesleeve 0 is a coiled spring S. \Vithin the sleeve 0 is a shaft D,provided at one end with a form or die D and at the other end Fig. 3shows a detached perspective view of the shaft and and 6 which engagethe groove of the collar (3 v The short arm of the bell-crank leverE isattached to a rod F, or a cord or chain may be used in place of the rodF, if desired. This rod is connected to a treadle G, pivoted at g. Onthe opposite end of the table A the standard B is provided with bearings19 and 6 which supports a shaft H. This shaft is provided at one endwith a face-plate I, which is free to turn in the shaft H, and a collarJ, which is fixedly secured to said shaft. The opposite end of the shaftH is providedwith a washer K and nut K, which limits its forwardmovement. Between the bearing 11 of the standard B and the collar Jonthe shaft H is a coil-spring S which tends to force the mandrel H andface-plate J toward the form or die D.

The shaft H is preferably operated by a handle L on the lever L, whichlever is fulcrumed to the collar J at a pointZ and pivoted to anextension B at a point 5 When it is desired to handle large boxesrequiring both hands of the operator, the lever L may be operated by arod L and footlever L as shown in Fig. 1, as an alternative means ofshifting the face-plate or presserblock I.

Mounted above the table A are long standards M and M, which are providedwith bearings m and m, carrying a reel N, provided with a roll of paper0 for covering the boxes. Below the roll of paper and supported bybrackets m and m is a pan P, which serves in Fig. 7. The strip of paperfrom the roll 0, which is coated on one side with adhesive material bypassing over the roller Q, is then applied to the form as the same isturned upon the shaft D until the box is covered The paper is then cutofi by a pair of handshears, the end pasted down, and the angles of thecover are then clipped with a pair of shears, leaving V-shaped notches tt, &c. The overhanging ends of the paper are then pasted down upon thebottom of the box, as shown in Fig. 8. The opposite overhanging ends ofthe paper are then manually turned in, as shown in Fig. 9, and securelyheld in position for a few seconds by the rectangular form 0', which isoperated by the sleeve 0 through the medium of the bell-crank E, rod F,and treadle G.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by.Letters Patent,

1. A machine for covering boxes, comprising a form or die, a shaftsupporting the same free to turn in suitable bearings, a shaft, aface-plate mounted thereon adapted to en gage one side of theabove-mentioned die, and a. former die suitably supported and adapted toengage the opposite side of the form or die for the purpose specified.

2. A machine for covering boxes comprising a form or die, a shaftsupporting the same, guided so as to be free to turn in bearings, aface-plate, a shaft supporting the same in line with the first-mentionedshaft having a sliding motion to and from said form or die, and a secondform or die, suitably mounted and adapted to slide upon thefirst-mentioned shaft, and to engage the first-mentioned form or die,substantially as specified.

3. Abox-covering machine comprising a ro- The tatable form or die, ashaft carrying the same, a rotatable sliding die, a sleeve supportingthe same, surrounding said shaft, and a face-plate movable to and fromthe first-mentioned die, substantially as specified. ,7

4. A box-covering machine comprising a rotatable form ordie, a shaftsupporting the same, guided in suitable bearings, a die sleeved upon andadapted to rotate and slide upon said shaft, a spring adapted to operatethe last-mentioned die in one direction, a lemove the die in theopposite direction, a rotatable face-plate, a'sliding shaft carryingsaid face-plate, a spring adapted to operate the face-plate in onedirection, and a lever adapted to operate the face-plate against theaction of said spring.

6. A box-covering machine comprising a box-supporting die, a rotatableshaft for said die, a rotatable and sliding die sleeved upon said shaft,spring means for operating said die in one direction, a foot-lever andconnections for operating the die against the action of said spring, aface-plate, spring means for operating the face-plate in one direction,and a lever operating the face-plate againstthe action of said spring.

Signed at Philadelphia this 11th day of December, 1900.

BYRON W. WHITE.

